| Table 5 | ||||||||
| External trade in 2004 and 2005, by month | ||||||||
| January 2005 | EUR million CIF/FOB (current prices) 2) | |||||||
| Period | 2004 | 2005 | Index 1) | |||||
| Imports | Exports | Balance | Imports | Exports | Balance | Imports | Exports | |
| Total | ||||||||
| January | 3 298 | 3 302 | 4 | 4 519 | 4 633 | 114 | 137,0 | 140,3 |
| February | 3 694 | 3 830 | 136 | |||||
| March | 4 427 | 4 326 | -101 | |||||
| January - March | 11 420 | 11 458 | 38 | |||||
| April | 4 900 | 4 537 | -363 | |||||
| May | 4 760 | 4 799 | 40 | |||||
| June | 4 774 | 4 800 | 26 | |||||
| April - June | 14 434 | 14 136 | -298 | |||||
| July | 4 516 | 4 311 | -205 | |||||
| August | 4 251 | 4 133 | -118 | |||||
| September | 4 920 | 5 046 | 127 | |||||
| July - September | 13 687 | 13 491 | -196 | |||||
| October | 5 076 | 4 997 | -78 | |||||
| November | 5 212 | 5 324 | 112 | |||||
| December | 4 668 | 4 384 | -284 | |||||
| October - December | 14 956 | 14 706 | -250 | |||||
| January - December | 54 497 | 53 791 | -706 | |||||
| 1) Corresponding period of previous year = 100. | ||||||||
| 2) For conversion to EUR is used the average monthly rate of exchange released by the CNB. | ||||||||